Fishing-rod support.



J. W. BOYD. FISHING ROD SUPPORT. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 26, 191.1.

1,013,734. Patented Jan. 2, 1912.

INVENTOR J1: hn W. E: :15 Ii.

[[grngy To all whom itma y concern:

"Joni: wrLLIAM Born, or MISHAWAKA, INDIANA, AssIGNoa 0F oNE-Hamro HENRYo. KREMER; or MISHAWAKA. INDIANA,

Be it known that I, JOHN WILLIAM Born,

1 a citizen of the United States, residing at Mishawaka, in the countyof St. Joseph and State of Indiana, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Fishing-Rod Supports, of which the following 1s aspecification. I I

My invention relates to improvements in fishing-rod supports in which asuitable rod holder is provided, adjustably secured to a standard havinga clamp adapted to besecured at the margin of the seat or gunwale of aboat or other suitable location.

The objects of my invention are to provide a support of the characterdescribed in which the simplicity of construction is consistent with thedurability of the device.

Further objects of my invention are to provide a rod holder which isadapted to hold the rod in difilerent desiredpositions, or to so pivotthe rod holder, and provlde stops that the rod will, upon movement oftheboat, so position itself that the bait end of the fishline will bepositioned remote from the boat. v

I attain these objects bythe construction and arrangements of parts.shown in the accompanying drawing, in which,-

Figure l-is a perspective view of a device embodying my invention. Fig.'2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 2- 2 of Fig.1. Fig. 3is a crosssectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, looking in thed1- rection of the arrow. Fig. 4: is a fragmentary perspective Viewsimilar to Fig. 3. Fig. '5 is a diagrammatic view showing the automaticpositioning of the rod acoordmg to the direction of movement of theboat.

Similar characters refer to similar parts throughout the severalviews.In the drawings, 3 represents a"-clamp,

provided with the usual yoke 4 and clampv screw 5, adapted to be securedat the. margin of a seat or gunwale of a boat. The yoke 4; has formed onits outer margin an adjusting disk 6 provided with a plurality ofapertures 7. formed in the face thereof.

A standard 8 is provided,. pivoted, to'the clamp 3 at 9 and has formedat its one end an adjusting disk 10, provided with a plurality ofapertures 11, which co-act with the adjusting disk 6, by the aid of acotter- Speciiication of Letters Patent.

Application-filed June 26, 1911. Serial No. 635,841.

FISHING-ROD SUPPORT.

Patented Jan. 2,1912.

adjusted position with respect to the clamp. The upper end of thestandard 8 is provided with a sector plate 13, provided with a pluralityof apertures 14, concentric to which is pivotally mounted a rod holder15 including a forked end 16 and hooked end 17. The rod holder carries acotter pin 18., or

other suitablestop, adapted to be inserted into any one of the apertures14in the sector plate 13, to retain the rod holder in the desiredadjusted position with respect to the standard as shown in Fig. 3; or tobe positioned so that it will engage the radial margins of the sectorplate as shown in Fig. 4,

allowing free movement of the rod holder through an angle includedbetween the said radial margins, the purpose of which will be describedin connection with the operation of the device, which is as follows Whenit is desired to set up the device for "use, the clamp .3 is secured toany suitable portionof the boat, such as the vertical gunwale asshown inFig. 5, and the angle to 'which the fishing rod is to lie with respectto the horizontalis adjusted by means of the disks 6 and 10,theirregistering a ertures' and the cotter pin 12. When it is desired toretain the rod holder in a fixed position with respect to the boat thecotter pin 18 is inserted in one of the apertures 14'of the sector plate13. The handle of the fishing rod is carried by the forked and hookedportions of the holder 15. When fishing, it is desirable that the baitbeas far as possible from the boat'and in order to obtain an automaticpositioning of the rod with the bait on the fish line at a distance fromthe boat and upon movement thereof, .the. cotter pin 1 is inserted toengage either of the radial margins of the sector plate as shown in Fig.

A, the action upon the rod beingindieated diagrammatically in Fig. 5. Inthis figure 19 represents a portion of a boat moving in an angle of hisautomatic pin'12,,to retain standard .8 in the de'sireUositioning of therod is very desirable I when fishing in the manner termed skipping.

v I claim:

1. A fishing-rod supportcomprising in combination, a clamp provided witha disk havm a plurality of apertures, a standard .provi ed with a diskhaving a plurality of a rtures, said clamp and stardard being plvoted toeach other concentrically with the said disks, a pin adapted to beinserted throuh" two registering apertures in the said isks to retainthe st-andardin an adjusted position; a sector plate carried by I saidstandard and having a plurality of margins of saidsector permitting freeoscillatory movement of said rod holder through an angle ofpredetermined magnitude.

2. In a fishing rod support, the combination with a clamp adapted to .besecured to the seat or gunwale of a boat, of a standard adjustablycarried by said clamp and provided with a sector having a plurality ofapertures therein, a rod holder pivot-allycarried by said'support, and astop, carried by said rod holder, adapted to be inserted into any of thesaid apertures, or to be inserted to engage either of the radialmargins. of said sector permitting free oscillatory movement of said rodholder through an an-; gle of predetermined magnitude.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature 'in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN 'WILLIAM BOYD. Witnesses: t I

LUTHER Cass, A. Hnnzoo.

